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[somewhatfoolish]

8 hours ago, 320touring said:

Did you mean to quote my photo?

 

Bing Crosby isn't in this wan

Bing is a scots word for a slag heap. 

[320touring]

3 hours ago, somewhatfoolish said:

Bing is a scots word for a slag heap. 

I know this! 

Bit confused why my picture was posted without being acknowledged as such, that's all.

[paulplom]

On 27/09/2024 at 09:19, Split_Pin said:

I've said it before but I'm ranking this car as one of my Top Buys in recent years

Thanks to me 😘

[comfortablynumb]

10 hours ago, Dyslexic Viking said:

I have had a long day changing a window in the house extension. The extension is built from the remains of a small house/cabin that stood in the forest here and was built by the previous owner, so things are interesting is the only thing I can say.

Things are not good but the new window is in and it works and that's what matters. And this house has 100+ years of bodges and diy on it so cant do things any worse than what it already is which is good.

I've got a +300 year old house, nothing is square, it doesn't have foundations, all the cement is lime mortar.

The downstairs walls are 24" thick.

If it's managed to stay up for that long, I'm hoping it'll see me out.

Still a continuous repair job tho

[Split_Pin]

31 minutes ago, paulplom said:

Thanks to me 😘

Tesco meal deal and half a tank of diesel, cannot say fairer than that like!

[Metal Guru]

20 hours ago, richardmorris said:

I thought GR and VR were rare, but apparently not. I’ve photographed a couple recently in Surrey, but Edward are rarer according to the post box hunters.

Probably just due to length of reign.

Edward VII had quite a short reign of 9 years. I doubt if they got round to doing any for Edward VIII. All other Edwards were before 1600 and so predate post.

Victoria ruled for 60 years , George V and VI a combined 42 years. Unlikely to have many / any for George IV as postboxes were just being introduced at the end of his reign.

[reb]

Sheep.

[wuvvum]

And back we go.

[MJK 24]

When your engine is both air cooled and water cooled….

 

[wuvvum]

That's quite a wedding car!  (Assuming it's a real one not a rebodied Beetle.)

[Zelandeth]

I'm not usually a Porsche fan, but yeah I'd not say no to a shot of that!  Probably rather not know what it's worth though!

[chadders]

11 minutes ago, wuvvum said:

That's quite a wedding car!  (Assuming it's a real one not a rebodied Beetle.)

According to the mot history it's a genuine 959 with less than 4,000 miles.

[artdjones]

12 minutes ago, Zelandeth said:

I'm not usually a Porsche fan, but yeah I'd not say no to a shot of that!  Probably rather not know what it's worth though!

Dont know, but they did 199mph.

Apparently, there was a 45k example up for £1.5 million earlier in the year.

[wuvvum]

I remember them being the fastest accelerating car in Test Drive 2 on the PC in the late 80s.

[chadders]

https://www.carmagazine.co.uk/car-reviews/comparison/2012/ferrari-f40-vs-porsche-959-car-magazine-july-1988-another-world/

[adw1977]

8 hours ago, Metal Guru said:

Unlikely to have many / any for George IV as postboxes

Post boxes were invented during the reign of Queen Victoria.  There are a few Edward VIII.

[richardmorris]

22 hours ago, wuvvum said:

It's the ones off of the Volvic bottles, only from a different angle. 

Ah, the puy de domes then. Volcanic!

[richardmorris]

 

he’s interested in testing other maserati @Six-cylinder

[BorniteIdentity]

A reminder to all that playing the ‘mental health’ card is no excuse for being thoroughly shit human being. 

The bloke was a charlatan, a coward and a scumbag. He will only be inside for a year, but I hope that Deborah feels that justice has been served - and that everyone who enabled that little weed thinks hard about doing it again. 

What a rancid little prick. 

[wuvvum]

And home.

Fuck me that was a long drive. 

[Zelandeth]

5 hours ago, chadders said:

According to the mot history it's a genuine 959 with less than 4,000 miles.

Wouldn't be on 4K miles long if I owned it!  No point in owning a car that interesting if you can't share the experience with people.  If I could afford to buy it I could afford to look after and use it.

[High Jetter]

Next Tuesday is my our 30th wedding anniversary. Yes, so far I've survived. Got something booked, it will be a laugh. Any guesses?

[Twin-Cam]

1 hour ago, Zelandeth said:

Wouldn't be on 4K miles long if I owned it!  No point in owning a car that interesting if you can't share the experience with people.  If I could afford to buy it I could afford to look after and use it.

Recently went to look at a Rover 200vi that was for sale. It was essentially brand new, and the clocks read 18,000 miles. I didn't buy it because I suspected OMGHGF, but I felt the need to play the part of 'careful summer use, some shows', rather than my real ambitions of *treat it like a bloody car!* 

[Wibble]

1 hour ago, High Jetter said:

Next Tuesday is my our 30th wedding anniversary. Yes, so far I've survived. Got something booked, it will be a laugh. Any guesses?

Dry cleaner’s convention at the NEC?😆

[Wibble]

22 minutes ago, Twin-Cam said:

Recently went to look at a Rover 200vi that was for sale. It was essentially brand new, and the clocks read 18,000 miles. I didn't buy it because I suspected OMGHGF, but I felt the need to play the part of 'careful summer use, some shows', rather than my real ambitions of *treat it like a bloody car!* 

Should have gone with the treat it like a car option and given us hours of content🙂

[Metal Guru]

9 hours ago, Zelandeth said:

I'm not usually a Porsche fan, but yeah I'd not say no to a shot of that!  Probably rather not know what it's worth though!

It would be lethal in that weather.

[beko1987]

According to my Facebook memories it's a decade since they got rid of tax discs

By 'heritage' disc I meant one I found on Google with the correct date for the zx I had at the time I think 😂

[High Jetter]

7 hours ago, Wibble said:

Dry cleaner’s convention at the NEC?😆

Good guess, but for once this is not work-related.

[ruffgeezer]

9 hours ago, High Jetter said:

Next Tuesday is my our 30th wedding anniversary. Yes, so far I've survived. Got something booked, it will be a laugh. Any guesses?

Colonoscopy for two?

[Twin-Cam]

9 hours ago, Wibble said:

Should have gone with the treat it like a car option and given us hours of content🙂

I have neither the space or the money to entertain it right now. Even with a working head gasket it was a bit top-endy in terms of price.